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Tennessee Senate District 17 Special Elections

There will be a special election for voters in Cannon, Clay, DeKalb, Macon, Smith and Wilson counties to fill the Tennessee Senate District 17 vacancy. The primary election is set for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. The general election will be Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. The writ of election and key dates for the special elections are now available.

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This video, produced by the Tennessee Secretary of State's office and the Division of Elections, highlights Tennessee’s online voter registration system launched in 2017. The system offers a convenient way for voters to easily register or change their address if they have moved. For more information, visit GoVoteTN.com.

This video explains how Tennessee students should conduct voter registration drives on college campuses across the state. It is produced by the Tennessee Secretary of State's office and the Division of Elections.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is proud to officially launch the state’s new online voter registration system. The system offers a convenient way for voters to easily register or change their address if they have moved. Counties across Tennessee can now securely receive voter registration information faster than using traditional paper registrations

Tennessee’s presidential electors met at the State Capitol Monday to cast their ballots for president of the United States. The Volunteer State has 11 of the total 538 electoral votes that make up the U.S. Electoral College.

The Division of Elections is headed by the Coordinator of Elections, Mark Goins, who oversees the election process in the State of Tennessee. The Coordinator of Elections works directly with ninety-five (95) local county election commissions, candidates and the public on election related issues. The county election commissions are appointed by the State Election Commission. There are ninety-five (95) county election commission offices throughout the State.

The State Election Commission is composed of seven members, four from the political party holding a majority of seats in the General Assembly and three from the minority party. These individuals are elected for a term of four years. This is the only commission in Tennessee state government which is elected wholly by the General Assembly.

To be eligible to serve on the State Election Commission one must be at least 25 years old, a resident of this state for at least seven years, and a resident of the grand division of the state from which one seeks election for at least four years preceding the election. No more than any two members may be from the same grand division of the state.

The State Election Commission is responsible for appointing five county election commissioners for every county in the state. This is done on the first Monday in April in every odd-numbered year. After making such appointments, the state commissioners then monitor the activities and performance of the county election commissioners and shall remove a county election commissioner for violation of the oath of office or if that person is no longer qualified to hold the position.

Candidates for statewide offices qualify by filing their candidate petitions with the commission, and the commission must pass on the correctness and propriety of such petitions. The commission works very closely with the coordinator of elections toward the common goal of maintaining uniformity in elections as well as preserving the purity of the ballot.

Members of the State Election Commission are:

Donna Barrett, Murfreesboro;

Judy Blackburn, Morristown;

Greg Duckett, Memphis;

Mike McDonald, Portland;

Jimmy Wallace, Jackson;

Tom Wheeler, Clinton;

Kent Younce, La Follette.

Please address all correspondence for the State Election Commission to the Division of Elections: